The patient, a 61-year-old male, noticed he had dysphagea in October 1975. He visited a radiologist and his illness was diagnosed as an esophageal cancer.
Irradiation therapy was given; a dose of 6000 rad to the region of Th3-Th12, another 1000 rad to Th6-Th9.
The patient progressed well until he noticed a sensory disturbance on the right toe. He entered our clinic in July 1979. He had Brown-Sequard syndrome at left thoracic level. His condition grew worse and resulted in complete paraplegia. He died in 1980.
Autopsy revealed neither reccurrence nor metastasis. Spinal cord was atrophied from Th5 to Th10.
